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Morning Session - Warm-Up (25 Mins)

• Two minutes on your own

• Working across the width of the penalty area:

- movement with and without the ball

- jog and skip without the ball

- dribble with the ball, angled touches out of the keeper’s

feet

- scoop the ball forward using right, left, then both hands

- vary tasks and movement

- build up the intensity to short sprints and leaping

• Agilities: Core stability with a medicine ball

• Handling/Falling/Collapsing:

- Various starting positions & serves: on the side,

redirections, volleys, half volleys and sidewinders (3 sets

each: 6 - 8 reps per set)

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Main Theme: Fitness: Quickness/Agility Focus

(20 Mins)

The Box

A series of falling/collapsing exercises:

Starting at the front panel - catch 10 volleys each set with all

sets continuous:

• Stand

• Kneel

• Sit

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Progression #1

Start in the middle of the square:

• On the keeper’s side

• On the coach’s command - keeper gets to his

feet and steps through the front panel to save

• Goalkeepers alternate to start on the opposite

side

• 6 - 8 reps two sets

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Progression #2

Starting at the side panel, same as before, but now two

saves:

• The coach hits a dead ball from the fl oor off center to

force the goalkeeper to collapse for a save

• The 2nd shot is a volley from the hands (the coach

must allow the goalkeeper to get to his feet for the 2nd

save)

• Four sets, two saves each

Cool Down (10 Mins)

• A series of handling exercises with a medicine ball

Observations

• Take more time between sets early on for stretching and hydration

• Watch the heat and adapt accordingly

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Afternoon Team Training Session

Warm-Up (25 Mins)

• Informal 5 v 2’s

(Note: I always encourage the keepers to participate in

the 5 v 2’s with the team. It is a great exercise to develop

touch, mobility and understanding).

• Jog and Stretch

• 5 v 2’s, sharp

(Team and goalkeepers split for separate work outs)

Team:

• 6 v 6 v 6 possession in a 30 x 60-yard area

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Main Session (30 Mins)

6 v 6 v 6 with goalkeepers and full goals in a 60 x 40

area. The games last for three minutes or two goals with

the losing team moving to the outside.

Goalkeeper’s Focus:

• Shot handling: catch/box, decision

• Angle play: up and down the line, close the shooter

down

• Distribution

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Goalkeepers:

• Handling in the goal

• Two servers and one keeper

• Keeper moves from post to post handling different

serves

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Finishing On Goal

Using the same set up as the previous exercise,

progress to adding two goals with goalkeepers 25

yards away.

A and B exchange passes, A plays to C, B plays to

D, C and D touch the balls forward and finish with

a shot on goal.

Progression

Introduce flighted passes for volleyed shots

Cool Down (10 Mins)

• A series of stretching exercises with a medicine ball

Observations

• Address communication in ‘match’ situations: It must be clear and concise

• Work on developing a relationship with the defenders - it can’t just be negative or aggressive comments

• The movement in the goal must be more positive on angle play in the small sided games

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Technical Work

Players in line A exchange passes with players in line

B. Then player A plays a pass to player C and player

B plays a pass to player D. Passes are then returned

to players in lines A and B.

Coaching Points

• Always follow the forward pass

• Sharp passing and movement

• Forward passes - one touch, diagonal passes - two

touch

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